Julie Davis - KPS Secretary, Arcadia Elementary School
The role of the school secretary is critical not only to the overall functioning of the school, but to the success of partnerships. Often, the secretary is the face of both KCIS and KPS. Partners that have been linked to Arcadia Elementary School tell us that Julie is welcoming and immediately makes them feel at home. This is not an easy task, for the simple reason that being a secretary at any school represents a multitude of challenges. A school secretary wears many hats: Often they are perceived as nurse, friend, problem-solver, and confidante to students, staff, parents, volunteers and other visitors to the building.
Julie is always cheerful - even when super multi-tasking! She listens carefully and responds warmly to students, staff and the partners that KCIS sends her way. Her smile is contagious, her jokes and funny stories uplifting. She is kind, compassionate, and, according to Site Coordinator Gulnar Husain, “her patience has no limits...when all the phone lines are ringing simultaneously, a deadline for a report has to be met, a sick child has to be taken care of, a dose of medicine, ice pack, or band aid has to be given to a student, visitors have to be greeted, or a teacher’s question has to be answered, Julie is there to take care of everyone’s needs. It would be understandable if she lost her cool, but she doesn’t! She remains calm and composed and has the uncanny ability to keep everything under control.”
Every student at Arcadia loves “Ms. Julie”. Gulnar Husain sees Julie as a friend and an adviser. “She is,” Gulnar says, “an invaluable asset to Arcadia and my job as a KCIS Site Coordinator. She is someone I can always depend upon to support our community partners and volunteers coming into the building.” For eight years now, KCIS partners have felt Julie’s support each and every day they enter the doors of Arcadia.
Julie Davis, we thank you for helping students stay in school and succeed in life.